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Terming as historic his recent visit to India, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that his six-day trip will be long remembered as it contributed in strengthening of bilateral ties.Netanyahu arrived in New Delhi on January 14 and was received by his friend Prime Minister...
20:52
President Ram Nath Kovind today drew a parallel between APJ Abdul Kalam and Narendra Modi, saying while the former president was a space scientist, the current prime minister is a social scientist.Kovind was addressing the 66th convocation ceremony of the Gujarat University in Ahmedabad.Kalam sir...
20:08
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he will share his vision for India's future engagements with the international community during his Davos trip, as he sought serious attention of world leaders on existing and emerging challenges to the contemporary global systems.A day before his visit to...
20:07
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an ego of his Prime Ministership, adding that it was the reason why Modi was not responding to his letters.Hazare was speaking at a public rally in Atpadi tehsil in Maharashtra's Sangli district...
19:41
The Communist Party of India-Marxist's Central Committee today adopted a draft political resolution ruling out any form of electoral alliances or adjustments with the Congress, party general secretary Sitaram Yechury said.The draft political resolution adopted after incorporating some amendments...
19:08
Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat was today appointed as the next chief election commissioner succeeding A K Joti who retires tomorrow, the law ministry said today. The government also appointed former finance secretary Ashok Lawasa as an election commissioner. The appointment of the...
19:02
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today appealed to India and Pakistan to make Jammu and Kashmir a bridge of friendship between them and not let it become a battleground.Our borders are witnessing, god forbid, a bloodbath. Our Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) often talks of development but at the same...
18:46
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has examined suggestions from stakeholders to bring transparency in allocation of sensitive public interest litigations to judges and is likely to bring in the public domain soon the system he isgoing to adopt for it, sources close to him said today.They said...
17:29
Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party today described President Ram Nath Kovind's order disqualifying 20 of its MLAs for holding offices of profit as unconstitutional and dangerous for democracy.The president today accepted the Election Commission's recommendation to disqualify the 20 AAP MLAs.Madanlal,...
17:24
Security along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir was beefed up following an alert by intelligence agencies about possible infiltration attempts by Pakistan backed militants ahead of the Republic Day, police said today.A group of three to four terrorists were seen camping across the...
17:12
The consular services of the United States embassy in New Delhi will continue during the lapse in Congressional appropriations, the mission's spokesperson said today.The spokesperson's statement came in the backdrop of the US government officially shutting down yesterday for the first time in...
16:37
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said India has shown it can attack its enemies not only on its soil, but also in a foreign territory, if need be.Singh's remarks came almost a week after the Indian Army carried out a retaliatory action against Pakistani troops, killing seven of their...
16:02
In a major setback to Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party, President Ram Nath Kovind today approved recommendation of disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs by the Election Commission for holding office of profit.The EC had on Friday asked the president to disqualify 20 of its MLAs, setting the stage...
15:28
Three persons, who were arrested yesterday in connection with the fire at a pub in the Kamla Mills Compound in Mumbai that claimed 14 lives, have been sent in police custody till January 25. The N M Joshi Marg police had last evening arrested Ravi Bhandari, a partner in the Kamla Mills, station...
15:20
The Gujarat poll outcome has instilled the belief in Congress workers that the Bharatiya Janata Party can be defeated, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said today and exuded confidence that the party would emerge victorious in the 2019 general elections under Rahul Gandhi's leadership.Patel,...
14:07
With exquisite desi cuisine on the platter and live yoga sessions on display, the annual Swiss jamboree of the rich and powerful from a fractured world will begin tomorrow in Davos where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to pitch India as a growth engine for the global economy.Over 3,000...
13:56
The government is likely to tweak income tax slabs and rates in budget 2018-19 to bring down the burden on individuals, while there is unlikely to be any change in the current taxation of dividends, according to a survey by EY.In a pre-budget survey by tax consultant EY, a wide majority of 69 per...
13:09
Union minister Satyapal Singh today stood by his statement, questioning the evolutionary theory of Charles Darwin, which has been sharply criticised by the scientific community. If I'm making a statement I can't make it without a basis. I am a man of science. I'm not coming from Arts...
12:39
Pakistan summoned India's deputy high commissioner in Islamabad for the fourth consecutive day today over the alleged unprovoked firing by Indian troops across the Line of Control which resulted in the death of two people.The tensions have increased between the two sides due to ongoing skirmishes...
11:50
Afghan Special Forces ended an overnight siege at Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel today, killing the last surviving attacker, local media reported citing the Interior Ministry. Two other gunmen, who stormed the hotel and took hostages, were killed the previous night.At least five other people...
11:12
An Army jawan injured in ceasefire violation by Pakistan succumbed to injuries last night, taking the death toll in the border firing in Jammu and Kashmir to 11 since Thursday, police said.Sepoy C K Roy, posted in a forward post in Mankote sector of Poonch district, was injured in Pakistani...
10:35
Gunmen killed at least five people and wounded eight others in an attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, an official said today, as the eleven hours-long siege continued.About 100 hostages have been released.Afghan security forces were still trying to clear the landmark hilltop hotel with at...
09:25
Owner of the firecracker unit in outer Delhi's Bawana industrial area, where a massive fire broke out yesterday killing 17 people and injuring two others, was arrested by the Delhi Police on Sunday.Manoj Jain, the owner of the unit who was taken into custody late on Saturday, was arrested...
08:10
Gunmen burst into Kabul's luxury Intercontinental Hotel, shooting at guests and staff and setting the building on fire, officials said, as security forces battled to end the more than eight-hour-long assault.At least two of the four attackers are dead, as per several media reports.The Afghan...
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